ClassicRacer 43
If youwanttobuythebook...
We absolutely love this bookand if you
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for just £20 (if you orderit online from
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£18, a10% saving).The excellent 224-page
tome’sISBNnumber is 9781472944580.Hockenheim, 1977 .Thesecondrace
oftheseasonwasamasterclass
byBarry.Hesmashedqualifying
byoverasecond,setanewlap
recordintheraceandfinished
ninesecondsaheadofhis
team-matePatHennen.Left:Twoyearsof beingat
the topofthe 500ccworld
chhhampionshipgaveway to
KeeennyRoberts taking the
crooown by just 10 points in
1999 78.Illnessplaguedthe
seeeasonwithBarry diagnosed
withBornholmdisease,
forcinghim to fightbacktoa
levvvel playingfield –but in the
eeennnnndddhhheeehhhaaadddtttoooppplllaaayyyssseeecccooonnnddd
beeest to Roberrttts.Below: 1973 and the tide
waaasstarrtttingtoturn. Notice
the amountof numberone
stickers on the sideof the
Suuuzuki –marks of the winner
intheShellsporrtttseries.The
yeeearwasthe starrtttof Barry’s
timmmeasaworks Suzukirider.038 BarrySheeneUnseenPart 1_SEP.indd 43 02/08/201712:39:00